Dupontia (plant)

Tundragrass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Dupontia R.Br.
Species:	D. fisheri
Binomial name
*Dupontia fisheri* R.Br.
Synonyms
Melica fisheri (R.Br.) Spreng. Graphephorum fisheri (R.Br.) A.Gray Dupontia fisheri var. flavescens Hook. & Arn. Donax kotzebuensis Trin. Poa pelligera Rupr. Poa psilosantha Rupr. Dupontia psilosantha (Rupr.) Griseb. Arundo hyperborea Trin. ex Steud. Graphephorum fisheri var. psilosanthum (Rupr.) A.Gray Graphephorum psilosanthum (Rupr.) E.Fourn. Dupontia pelligera (Rupr.) Rupr. ex Nyman Dupontia fisheri var. pelligera (Rupr.) Trautv. Dupontia fisheri var. psilosantha (Rupr.) Trautv. Arctagrostis humilis K.Richt. Dupontia psilosantha var. flavescens (Hook. & Arn.) Vasey Dupontia micrantha Holm Colpodium langei Gand. Dupontia fisheri var. aristata Mate ex Polunin Dupontia fisheri f. micrantha (Holm) Polunin Dupontia fisheri f. psilosantha (Rupr.) Polunin Dupontia fisheri subsp. psilosantha (Rupr.) Hultén Dupontia fisheri f. aristata (Mate ex Polunin) Lepage Dupontia fisheri subsp. pelligera (Rupr.) Tzvelev

Dupontia is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family.

The only known species is Dupontia fisheri, common name tundragrass. It is native to northern Canada (Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, + the 3 Arctic Territories), plus Alaska, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia (Asian + European).